PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Descriptive Knowledge, Construals, Social Reality

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 215
• Professor: Mark Baldwin

Document Summary

Amanda threw papers at the teacher and we are not sure why she did that. Some confusion about whether this was related to the class or whether it was a spontaneous social interaction. Unclear what was going on, people did not know what to do or think. What did we conclude about who she was: Female- quickly, everyone saw something about her- her gender. Something about the way she spoke to him indicated there was an existing relationship between the two of them, that they knew each other. She looked mad about something, the behaviour looked forced- like forced to bring the papers. She had exam booklets in her hands. People seemed to get quiet, it seemed to be shocking. If things fall in the floor, typically we pick them up and she didn"t do that so it did not fit our expectancy, which is why we were shocked.